Organized by the Tokyo Development Learning Center and Korea Research Institute on Human Settlements, the program, which combined workshop sessions, site visits, peer-peer exchange, and action planning, took place in Tokyo and Seoul, two of the world’s largest megacities, both of which have successfully managed the challenge of expansion, although employing quite different strategies and approaches.

In this video, Dr. Tim Moonen (@TimMcities), Managing Director of The Business of Cities; Barjor Mehta, World Bank Lead Urban Specialist; Peter Ellis (@capepho), World Bank Lead Urban Economist; and Phil Karp (@pkarp24), World Bank Lead Knowledge Management Specialist talk about the importance of mega metropolitan areas and how the World Bank is working with them to improve their performance.

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